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Gaston Ridge

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007650
MRDS ID C011933
Record type Site
Current site name Gaston Ridge
Alternate or previous names Gambrinus & California

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.74159, 39.40072 (WGS84)
Elevation 1545
Relative position 3 MI. S GRANITEVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Graniteville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 011E 28,21,22,27,33 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Granite Altered & Silicified. Stoped For Width Of 50 - 75 Ft.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Blue Canyon;
    Rock description Blue Canyon;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.74159, 39.40072
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 - 35 W
    Dip 40 - 60 E
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AT GRANITE - BLUE CANYON CONTACT SLATE FOOTWALL, GRANITE HANGING WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Eureka

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1929
    Period 1928 - 1929
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 8g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • ORE VARIES FROM $2 - $50 AU/TON, AVG. $10 AU/TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1486.2M
    Overall depth 579.12M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE WORKINGS, STOPES ETC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , PL. 3 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1930 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: REPORT XXVI OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES VOL. 26 , NO. 2 , P. 110 - 113 .

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1919 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 170 - 173 .

  • Production

    LOGAN, 1930

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 2 - 10 FT. THICK GASTON; GAMBRINUS IS 4 - 6 FT. THICK, STRIKES N 20 E, DIPS 70 E. SEVERAL OTHER VEINS ON PROPERTY.
Deposit PATENTED 148.12 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey HOST ROCK TYPE
Updater 18-OCT-1991 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey CHECKED. DELETED HOST ROCK FROM IGNEOUS ROCK TYPE.
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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